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Monday, January 20, 2020

Snow shuts schools, delays flights in Tehran
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Snow shuts schools, delays flights in Tehran

Heavy snow covered the streets of Tehran on Sunday, causing major flight delays and forcing the closure of schools, authorities in the Iranian capital said. The snow started falling early in the morning and disrupted the flow of traffic on some of the cit
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
SpaceX successfully tests Crew Dragon emergency abort system
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SpaceX successfully tests Crew Dragon emergency abort system

SpaceX successfully tested its emergency abort system on an unmanned spacecraft moments after launch Sunday, according to a live broadcast of the event, the last major test before it plans to send NASA astronauts to the International Space Station. The te
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Trump backers and critics clash as impeachment trial nears
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Trump backers and critics clash as impeachment trial nears

Donald Trump's defenders and supporters skirmished over the airwaves on Sunday a day after the US president's legal team dismissed his impeachment trial as unconstitutional and dangerous. Coming two days before Trump's trial opens in the Senate, the clash
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Maduro says still in control, open to talks with US
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Maduro says still in control, open to talks with US

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he was still comfortably in charge and open to direct negotiations with the US, in an interview published Saturday by The Washington Post. The interview was Maduro's first with a major US outlet since February of l
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
More than 100 killed in Yemen missile, drone attack
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More than 100 killed in Yemen missile, drone attack

More than 100 people were killed and dozens wounded in a missile and drone attack blamed on Huthi rebels in central Yemen, officials said Sunday. Saturday's strike follows months of relative calm in the war between the Iran-backed Huthis and Yemen's inter
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Officers beaten after police disband Hong Kong democracy rally
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Officers beaten after police disband Hong Kong democracy rally

Two police officers were beaten bloody by pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong Sunday as violence erupted at a rally calling for greater democratic freedoms in the heart of the city. Trouble flared when police ordered the authorised gathering to disperse
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Iraq protests swell with youth angry at slow pace of reform
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Iraq protests swell with youth angry at slow pace of reform

Iraqi youth angry at their government's glacial pace of reform ramped up their protests on Sunday, sealing streets with burning tyres and threatening further escalation unless their demands are met. The rallies demanding an overhaul of the ruling system h
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Foreign correspondent attacked at Greek far-right protest
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Foreign correspondent attacked at Greek far-right protest

A foreign press correspondent was attacked on Sunday during a far-right protest in central Athens against the presence of migrants in Greece, according to Greek news agency ANA. According to an AFP reporter and a video broadcast by Skai TV, Thomas Jacobi,
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Davos faces up to towering global challenges
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Davos faces up to towering global challenges

Global decision-makers gather in Davos starting Tuesday for their annual meeting, with challenges facing the planet - from climate change to conflict in the Middle East - as imposing as the Alps that surround the Swiss resort. Observers fear the annual Wo
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Boeing finds 'minor' new 737 MAX software glitch
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Boeing finds 'minor' new 737 MAX software glitch

Boeing said Friday it discovered a new flaw in the software on the grounded 737 MAX aircraft, but hopes to resolve the matter shortly so that it does not further delay the plane's expected return to service. "We are making necessary updates and working wi
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Ryanair says could start getting Boeing 737 MAX by April
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Ryanair says could start getting Boeing 737 MAX by April

Ryanair could receive its first deliveries of up to 10 grounded 737 MAX aircraft from Boeing by April, Chief Marketing Officer Kenny Jacobs said on Tuesday, but cautioned the timing was dependent on regulators. That is earlier than indicated by Ryanair bo
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
H&M to enter Panama in late 2020
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H&M to enter Panama in late 2020

The world's second-biggest fashion retailer H&M said on Friday it would open a first store in Panama at the end of 2020, making the country its first Central American market. An H&M spokesman said the store would initially not be accompanied by an online
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Delta beats profit forecast as rivals battle 737 MAX crisis
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Delta beats profit forecast as rivals battle 737 MAX crisis

Delta Air Lines Inc on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit that beat estimates, boosted in part by customers it gained from rival airlines' 737 MAX cancellations and growing air travel demand. Delta shares were up more than 3 percent in premarket tra
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens
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'Invisible computing' startup unveils smart contact lens

A startup focused on "invisible computing" Thursday unveiled a smart contact lens which delivers an augmented reality display in a user's field of vision. The Mojo Vision contact lens offers a display with information and notifications, and allows the use
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Dressed to connect: wearable tech expands all over the body
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Dressed to connect: wearable tech expands all over the body

From tiredness-detecting driving glasses to shin guards that judge the performance of footballers - we've come a long way since the early days of the pulse-measuring smart watch. Some of the very latest innovations in the burgeoning wearable tech sector w
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
From exoskeletons to education at CES
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From exoskeletons to education at CES

Exoskeletons to give wearers super-human strength and games to playfully teach children software skills for coding - such innovations were on display at the Consumer Electronics Show this week. A Guardian XO exoskeleton made in a collaboration between Sar
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Connected cars moving targets for hackers
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Connected cars moving targets for hackers

As cars evolve into rolling mobile computers, the potential for disastrous cyber attacks has become a new road hazard. Israeli cybersecurity firm GuardKnox demonstrated the threat in a Formula 1 driving simulation at the Consumer Electronics show this wee
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
UN warns more extreme weather ahead after hottest decade on record
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UN warns more extreme weather ahead after hottest decade on record

The past decade has been the hottest on record, the UN said on Wednesday, warning that the higher temperatures were expected to fuel numerous extreme weather events in 2020 and beyond. The World Meteorological Organization, which based its findings on ana
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Oceans were hottest on record in 2019
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Oceans were hottest on record in 2019

The world's oceans were the hottest in recorded history in 2019, scientists said on Tuesday, as manmade emissions warmed seas at an ever-increasing rate with potentially disastrous impacts on Earth's climate. Oceans absorb more than 90 percent of excess h
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Scientists find powerhouses that fight tumours from within
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Scientists find powerhouses that fight tumours from within

Lurking deep inside some tumours are "factories" full of immune cells that help the body fight a rearguard action against cancer and are key to helping some patients recover, new research has shown. In recent years, doctors have turned to a new treatment
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Nearly 7,000 have fled Niger region hit by IS attack: UNHCR
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Nearly 7,000 have fled Niger region hit by IS attack: UNHCR

Nearly 7,000 people have fled the region in western Niger where jihadist fighters killed 89 soldiers in a devastating attack earlier this month, the UN refugee agency said. But insecurity in the region is making it difficult for the UNHCR to bring them th
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
China reports 17 new cases of mystery virus
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China reports 17 new cases of mystery virus

China reported 17 new cases of the mysterious Sars-like virus on Sunday, including three people in serious condition, heightening fears ahead of China's Lunar New Year holiday when hundreds of millions of people move around the country.
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Heavy snow hampers search for missing South Korean, Nepal trekkers
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Heavy snow hampers search for missing South Korean, Nepal trekkers

Avalanches, heavy snow and poor visibility hampered the search Sunday for four South Koreans and three Nepalis caught in an avalanche in the popular Annapurna region of the Himalayas, officials said Relatives of the missing Koreans have arrived in Kathman
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
At least eight die in blaze at Czech disability home
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At least eight die in blaze at Czech disability home

At least eight people died and thirty were injured after a fire at a home for people with learning disabilities in a western Czech town early Sunday, rescuers said. "A total of 38 people were affected by the fire, of them eight unfortunately died," emerge
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
Putin says 'transition' crucial after political shake-up
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Putin says 'transition' crucial after political shake-up

President Vladimir Putin has said he does not want Russia to return to the Soviet-era practice of rulers dying in office without a succession plan, as speculation swirls over his future after he unleashed a political upheaval this week.
Published 20 Jan, 2020 12:00am
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